In order to rescue Ouyang Qing, Tian Xiaoding followed the ghost tribe and jumped into the Wangchen River and came to the Netherworld.
Before he left the river, he overheard the conversations of the ghosts waiting for him on the shore.
Only then did I realize that the bullying of the three Wang brothers by the so-called Demon Clan Law Enforcement Department was a ploy designed by the Ghost Clan in order to trick Xiao Ding and the others into coming to the Nether Realm so that they could be captured. Send it to the Ghost King to make a blood sacrifice cauldron.
From the conversations between these ghost tribesmen, Xiao Ding also learned that the purpose of setting up a trap to capture the demon princess was also to use it as a furnace for that ghost king.
As far as Xiao Ding knows, most of the techniques used to practice using the furnace are evil techniques. The biggest feature of these evil skills is that they progress very quickly, many times faster than practicing ordinary skills.
However, practicing these evil techniques requires using humans or other species as a cauldron.
Different techniques have different requirements for the furnace.
For example, some exercises will use female cultivators as cauldrons, and use dual cultivation methods to unilaterally extract the energy until the female cultivator's body is sucked dry.
There are also some techniques that use boys and girls as cauldrons to absorb the energy of Yuan Yin and Yuan Yang in the bodies of boys and girls to enhance their own cultivation.
There is also what Xiao Ding just heard, using human blood or animal blood with special physiques as a cauldron for sacrifice, and absorbing the energy in these special bloods to achieve breakthroughs in cultivation.
Ouyang Qing has a body of black ice and is also a human with a special physique, so it is easy to understand that she is favored by the ghost tribe. But Xiao Ding couldn't understand. He and Ah Li only had ordinary physiques. Even Xiao Ding didn't even have Heavenly Roots innately. His Heavenly Roots were later reshaped using secret techniques. Why would the ghost tribe care about him and Ahri? Woolen cloth?
At this time, I heard a majestic strange voice saying: "Okay, don't say anything. It is estimated that the remaining two humans are almost here. Everyone should cheer up and try to catch them all at once." Live.".m
Hearing this voice, Xiao Ding was startled again. It seemed that there were not only the five or six people pretending to be the Demon Law Enforcement Department on the shore, but there were probably experts waiting for him to be tricked.
So, Xiao Ding let go of his consciousness and explored the shore again. This time, he discovered that at some point, there were more than ten ghost tribesmen on the shore. The leader of them was an ugly and terrifying ghost tribesman. But he is already in the realm of ghost generals. The person who just spoke was this ghost tribesman.
The ghost tribe members are all floating around, no matter where they go, they float around silently. Therefore, it was normal for Xiao Ding to focus on eavesdropping and not notice another ghost tribe member arriving.
In addition to the ghost general at the head, the more than ten ghost tribesmen he brought were also at the ghost warrior level, which was equivalent to the human foundation-building stage.
Xiao Ding weighed it in his mind and felt that he and Ah Li might not have a good chance of winning against so many ghost tribesmen. Moreover, even if I can defeat them through some special means, so what? Ouyang Qing is not here. From what they talked about before, it seems that he has been sent to Netherworld City. Even if he defeats these ghost tribesmen, he won't be able to save Ouyang Qing, so why waste time here?
Thinking of this, Xiao Ding pulled Ah Li beside him and pointed in the direction of the lower reaches of the river, meaning that we should secretly swim downstream.
Ah Li has a cultivation level comparable to that of a Golden Core monk, so she can naturally spot people on the shore and eavesdrop on their conversations. Therefore, she immediately understood what Xiao Ding meant.
So the two of them quietly swam downstream in the water, just like fish.
In order to prevent being detected by the ghost tribesmen on the shore through their spiritual consciousness. Both Xiao Ding and Xiao Ding also used stealth and invisibility skills.
The invisibility technique can hide the aura and spirit of two people. Invisibility can hide the appearance of two people.
Moreover, the two of them did not dare to paddle hard. They basically just relaxed their bodies and followed the current, naturally going straight down the river.
Sure enough, after drifting several miles downstream, the ghost tribesmen waiting on the shore could not find any trace of Xiao Ding and the others.
At this time, Xiao Ding and Ah Li dared to quietly emerge from the water.
As soon as his head emerged from the water, Xiao Ding saw that this was a dark world. But it wasn't completely dark, because there was a dim moon hanging in the sky, glowing dimly. On the land on both sides of the Wangchen River, there will be will-o'-the-wisps flickering from time to time. Some of the will-o'-the-wisps can even move on their own, emitting a faint blue light, which is a bit scary.
There are also some plants unique to the Netherworld growing on the land. Xiao Ding had seen some introductions about spiritual plants used by ghost cultivators in the Cultivation Encyclopedia before, such as corpse ginseng, corpse-loving flower, ghost grass, soul-breaking wood, etc. But he couldn't name any of the ordinary plants in front of him. Judging from the appearance, among these plants, there are trees, grass, and flowers.
It's just that these plants are filled with a dark air of death, making it impossible to see any life, but they are still growing.
Xiao Ding and Ah Li observed for a while and saw that there were no ghost people nearby, so they climbed up from the river to the shore. Run the exercise to dry the wet clothes on your body. Then Xiao Ding let go of his consciousness and carefully explored the area. After confirming that there were indeed no ghosts nearby, Xiao Ding said: "I heard from them that Qing'er has been sent to Nether City. We don't know which direction the Nether City is. If we want to find Nether City, we have to Just go and inquire about it from the ghost tribe."
Ah Li frowned and said, "But the ghost tribe wants to drink our blood as soon as they see us. How could they tell us the location of Netherworld City?"
Xiao Ding thought for a while and then said: "You don't have to worry about this. I have a ghost mask. You can use it to transform into a ghost tribesman, and then just ask the ghost tribe's mouth for the location of Netherworld City."
Ah Li praised in surprise: "Brother Tian, you still have more ideas."
Xiao Ding shook his head slightly and said: "However, when we walk on the road, it is best to use invisibility. If the ghost tribe discovers our whereabouts, it will bring us a lot of trouble. Do it No, we haven’t even reached Netherworld City yet, but we were already killed by the ghost tribesmen on the way.”
Ahri shook his head and said, "No, the ghost tribe said they wanted to capture us alive and give them to some ghost king in Netherworld City."
Xiao Ding smiled slightly and said, "I'm just making an analogy."
Ahri shrugged and said, "Okay, then we'll move forward invisibly."
In fact, for Xiao Ding and Ah Li's cultivation at this time, using the invisibility technique is already a piece of cake.
Xiao Ding, in particular, is no longer what he used to be. In the early and middle stages of Qi training, the spiritual energy in his body was not that abundant. When he cast the invisibility technique, it would sometimes affect other spells he cast at the same time. But now it's very different. Although he has not yet established a foundation, he has reached the twenty-seventh level of Qi training, which is comparable to the strength of a monk in the foundation building stage.
After the two of them hid themselves, they walked upstream along the river bank.
Xiao Ding actually wanted to see if the ghost tribesmen who had been guarding the riverside had left now. If they haven't left yet, you can actually keep an eye on them secretly. These people will return to Netherworld City sooner or later. As long as you keep following them, it will not be difficult to find Netherworld City.
However, the cultivation level of these ghost tribesmen is not low. If you are not careful, it will be easy to be exposed and discovered by them.
However, Xiao Ding used his spiritual consciousness to explore his current location. There was open wilderness around him, and he found no sign of any activity by the ghost tribe. Therefore, he decided to take the risk and return to the way he came from to secretly observe the ghost tribesmen guarding the river.
The two of them did not dare to control the flying cloud shuttle or the flying sword. Because when flying in the air, the fluctuations in spiritual power are too huge, even if it is invisible, it will still easily expose the target.
If you can't fly, you can only walk on the ground.
When walking, as long as you don't exert too much force, it won't cause too much fluctuation in spiritual power, and it won't be so easy to be discovered.
However, the two of them had drifted with the current in the river for nearly ten miles in total. This distance could be reached in the blink of an eye if the magic weapon was used to fly. However, if you are walking, it will take some time if you cannot perform light body techniques and other similar techniques.
The two of them hid their bodies, walked and stopped, and when communicating with each other on the road, they both used sound transmission techniques to prevent their voices from being discovered by the ghost tribesmen.
In this netherworld, there is a gloomy death atmosphere everywhere. As the two walked on the road, they could see some black bats flying across the sky from time to time. These bats in the Netherworld also have strange and terrifying faces.
Skeletons can be seen everywhere in the wilderness. Some bones are still shining with faint blue will-o'-the-wisps, flickering brightly and dimly.
The dark air of death was oppressive and suffocating.
There is no distinction between day and night in this world. The bright moon in the sky has always been hanging in the sky, motionless, as if it has lost its life.
The two walked for about half an hour, and finally returned to the place where they had just arrived.
At this time, among the ghost tribesmen waiting on the shore, there were still five or six ghost warriors waiting there. However, seeing their sleepy looks, they must have been tired for a long time.
The previous ghost general and most of his subordinates had already left, and they probably no longer had the patience to wait.
After the ghost tribesmen recovered their true bodies, they all became ugly and terrifying. Xiao Ding could not identify whether the remaining ghost tribesmen were the people who had previously pretended to be the Demon Tribe Law Enforcement Department.
Xiao Ding and Ah Li stopped at a distance, and they were preparing to spy on these ghost tribesmen.
